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48 results for moment assumptions

Independent component analysis (ICA) is the problem of efficiently recovering a matrix ARn×nA \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n} from i.i.d. observations of X=ASX=AS where SRnS \in \mathbb{R}^n is a random vector with mutually independent coordinates. This problem has been intensively studied, but all existing efficient algorithms w…

2015-09-02abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes the performance of empirical risk minimization for pp-norm linear regression.

problem Empirical risk minimization on pp-norm linear regression.
method Analyzes performance under various conditions and moment assumptions.
result High probability excess risk bounds for empirical risk minimizer, matching asymptotic rates.

New stability framework relaxes boundedness assumptions for generalization bounds.

problem Overly restrictive assumptions for modern learning settings with heavy-tailed or unbounded losses.
method Develops a stability-based framework requiring only finite LpL_p moment conditions.
result Sharp generalization bounds derived for various learning paradigms.

The study revisits portfolio diversification by relaxing assumptions for skewed, multi-regime, and leptokurtic asset returns.

problem Underestimation of risk in portfolio diversification due to assumptions that are inconsistent with real-world asset returns.
method Calibrated a Markov-modulated Levy process model to equity market data to demonstrate the merits of the approach.
result The calibrated models effectively match empirical moments and show the importance of relaxing assumptions in portfolio diversification.

We show how to compute lower bounds for the supremum Bayes error if the class-conditional distributions must satisfy moment constraints, where the supremum is with respect to the unknown class-conditional distributions. Our approach makes use of Curto and Fialkow's solutions for the truncated moment problem. The lower …

2011-05-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss various aspects of moment map geometry in symplectic and hyperKähler geometry. In particular, we classify complete hyperKähler manifolds of dimension 4n4n with a tri-Hamiltonian action of a torus of dimension nn, without any assumption on the finiteness of the Betti numbers. As a result we find that the hyp…

2016-07-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We introduce a notion of moment map adapted to actions of Lie groups that preserve a closed three-form. We show existence of our multi-moment maps in many circumstances, including mild topological assumptions on the underlying manifold. Such maps are also shown to exist for all groups whose second and third Lie algebra…

2010-12-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper provides Edgeworth expansions for network moments, improving accuracy of sampling distributions.

problem Accurate descriptions of sampling distributions of network moment statistics.
method Edgeworth expansion applied to studentized network moment statistics.
result Higher-order accurate approximation to sampling CDF of network moment statistics.

Paper proposes efficient online estimation of causal effects by deciding which data sources to query.

problem Data fusion problems with multiple data sources capturing distinct subsets of variables.
method Online moment selection (OMS) framework, balancing exploration and exploitation.
result OMS algorithms achieve zero asymptotic regret for estimating average treatment effects.

We provide an approach for learning deep neural net representations of models described via conditional moment restrictions. Conditional moment restrictions are widely used, as they are the language by which social scientists describe the assumptions they make to enable causal inference. We formulate the problem of est…

2018-03-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Classification of SL(n) covariant valuations on Orlicz spaces.

problem Classifying continuous SL(n) covariant valuations on Orlicz spaces.
method Complete classification without symmetric assumptions, focusing on moment matrix and a new functional in dimension two.
result The moment matrix is the only SL(n) covariant valuation for n≥3, and a new functional appears in dimension two.

Develops a robust GMM estimator for outlier-tolerant inference.

problem Sensitive GMM estimation to outliers in inference problems.
method Robustified GMM estimator with computational efficiency and recovery guarantees.
result First computationally efficient GMM estimator for εε fraction of adversarial outliers with O(ε)O(\sqrtε) recovery guarantee.

Uniform deviation bounds limit the difference between a model's expected loss and its loss on an empirical sample uniformly for all models in a learning problem. As such, they are a critical component to empirical risk minimization. In this paper, we provide a novel framework to obtain uniform deviation bounds for loss…

2017-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes DWMD for better matching of hidden representations across domains.

problem Measuring data distribution discrepancy between semantically related domains for feature representation matching.
method DWMD, a moment-based probability distribution metric that explicitly orders and weights higher-order moments.
result DWMD is error-free and can strictly reflect distribution differences without feature distribution assumptions.

New approach for testable learning using moment matching and Rademacher complexity.

problem Replacing hard-to-verify distributional assumptions with testable ones.
method Moment matching and metric distances in probability.
result Improved sample complexity bounds for various concept classes and distributions.

New estimator tackles multi-task linear regression with outliers, avoiding eigenvalue lower bounds.

problem Multi-task linear regression with contaminated tasks and eigenvalue lower bounds failure.
method Matrix-weighted norm regularization and relative balancedness condition.
result Prediction MSE bounds match Duan and Wang (2023) under weaker spectral assumptions.

Classifies SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp-spaces.

problem Classifying SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp-spaces.
method Established a complete classification for continuous and SL(n) covariant matrix-valued valuations on Lp(Rn,|x|2dx), eliminating matrix symmetry assumption.
result Unique characterization of such valuations by the moment matrix in n>2, rotation matrix in 2D.

Improved Sobolev mappings in Carnot groups with weaker assumptions.

problem Improving Sobolev mappings in Carnot groups with weaker conditions.
method Using Buser-Karcher center-of-mass and polynomial expressions in moments.
result Rigidity and structural results hold under weaker Sobolev exponents.

We introduce a novel approach, requiring only mild assumptions, for the characterization of deep neural networks at initialization. Our approach applies both to fully-connected and convolutional networks and easily incorporates batch normalization and skip-connections. Our key insight is to consider the evolution with …

2018-11-07abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm for batch list-decodable linear regression with stronger guarantees.

problem Efficiently list-decoding linear regression with a fraction of corrupted batches.
method Uses higher-order moments and Sum-of-Squares (SoS) certification to achieve better guarantees.
result Achieves substantially smaller minimum batch size and final error, with optimal list size.

Study differentially private linear regression with heavy-tailed data.

problem Differentially private 1\ell_1-norm linear regression with heavy-tailed data.
method Exponential mechanism for 2\ell_2-norm bounded second moment; relaxation to 2\ell_2-norm bounded θθ-th moment; coordinate-wise bounded moments.
result Achieved upper bounds for privacy-preserving linear regression under various moment conditions.

Polynomial-time algorithm learns high-dimensional halfspaces without labels.

problem Learning high-dimensional halfspaces with margins in polynomial time.
method Contrastive moments and polynomial-time algorithm.
result Establishes the unique and efficient identifiability of the hidden halfspace.

New bounds for neural networks without loss boundedness assumption.

problem Generalization error bounds for two-layer neural networks.
method Wasserstein distance estimates and moment bounds for stochastic gradient method.
result Dimension-free rate of order O(n1/2)O(n^{-1/2}) for independent test data.

Study finds the minimum number of finite Gaussian mixtures for best approximation.

problem Finding the minimum number of finite Gaussian mixtures for best approximation.
method Local moment matching for upper bound and spectral analysis for lower bound.
result Corrects a previous lower bound in the case of Gaussian mixing distributions.

Let G be a countable group which acts by isometries on a separable, but not necessarily proper, Gromov hyperbolic space X. We say the action of G is weakly hyperbolic if G contains two independent hyperbolic isometries. We show that a random walk on such G converges to the Gromov boundary almost surely. We apply the co…

2014-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Study of hyperkähler reduction on abelian varieties and toric manifolds.

problem Understanding hyperkähler reduction on specific manifolds.
method Lifts canonical Kähler reduction to hyperkähler, studies on abelian varieties and toric manifolds.
result Obtains decoupling result, variational characterisation, relation to KK-stability, and proves existence and uniqueness under suitable assumptions.

We consider the problem of predicting as well as the best linear combination of d given functions in least squares regression, and variants of this problem including constraints on the parameters of the linear combination. When the input distribution is known, there already exists an algorithm having an expected excess…

2009-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Uniformly K-stable toric varieties are asymptotically Chow stable if their Futaki-Ono invariant vanishes.

problem Determining asymptotic Chow stability of uniformly K-stable toric varieties.
method Detailed study of triangulations of moment polytope neighborhoods and analysis of Futaki-Ono invariant.
result Every uniformly K-stable polarized smooth toric variety with vanishing Futaki-Ono invariant is asymptotically Chow polystable.